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Did you know nomination
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 01:51, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that vanadium(pictured) is detected spectroscopically in the light from the Sun and other stars? Source: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/130379
Improved to Good Article status by Praseodymium-141 (talk). Nominated by BorgQueen (talk) at 15:21, 23 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Vanadium; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]
Recent GA and neither me nor Earwig can find any copyvio. Source verified and cited inline. QPQ done. Hook is... interesting, though I would ask "what isn't detected in spectroscopy?". Just in case, I propose a couple other hooks, for the promoter:
ALT1: ... that vanadium(pictured) was named after the Norse goddess Freyja?
ALT2: ... that after vanadium(pictured) was first discovered in 1801, its discoverer mistakenly believed he had instead extracted chromium, and retracted his claim?
Thanks @Juxlos:. Your proposed hooks will need to be approved by someone else. BorgQueen (talk) 09:21, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1 approved. I agree with the concern regarding ALT0, and ALT2 is confusingly worded (it would need to be explained that the "mistakenly believed" was a second step for the "retracted" to follow). ALT1 works well and should attract readers surprised by the non-obvious connection between the two names. Onceinawhile (talk) 21:59, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am guessing that a mirror picked up the article at 94%. Bruxton (talk) 01:48, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Extremely narrowly scope article about a rare form of a metal, better covered as a redirect and section Sadads (talk) 01:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support: non-notable as a standalone article. 141Pr {contribs} 12:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
YMerger complete.Klbrain (talk) 12:04, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]